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Fernando Alonso drives first laps in the Ferrari F150 | 2011 F1 testing

Pictures of Fernando Alonso's first run in the Ferrari F150 at Fiorano.
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First look at Ferrari’s adjustable rear wing in action

Felipe Massa continued Ferrari’s filming activities with their new F150 at Fiorano today. Pictures of the car in action show the new-for-2011 adjustable rear wing in its open and closed states. These comparison pictures show the wing in its normal state (left) and opened (right). Although the angles the pictures were taken at are not [...]
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The Sydney Morning Herald Ferrari's first 4WD: the new FF

Four seats and four-wheel-drive for most radical Ferrari ever, the new FF.
01/21/11
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Felipe Massa had a scare when his Ferrari caught fire during testing.
02/03/11
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cbc.ca Ferrari set to reveal F1 overhaul

Drivers Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa and Ferrari team director Stefano Domenicali will introduce its plan for the upcoming season Wednesday at its winter retreat in the...
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cbc.ca Ferrari focused on stronger start to...

Ferrari team director Stefano Domenicali told reporters Wednesday that too much focus has been put on the strategic errors made last season and that the key to this season is...
01/12/11
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F1-Live.com Costa added to Ferrari Driver Academy

Nineteen-year-old Brazilian Nicolas Costa is the latest driver to join the ranks of the Ferrari Driver Academy after winning the Formula Future Fiat championship this year
12/13/10
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F1-Live.com Montezemolo wants an American-run...

Luca di Montezemolo is determined to see three-car teams replace the struggling backmarkers in Formula One and has said that successful American outfits Penske and Ganassi would...
12/16/10
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Roundup: Ferrari Drivers on Top in Formula One Bahrain Grand Prix

Fernando Alonso passed his teammate Felipe Massa at the second corner and overtook the pole-sitter Sebastian Vettel on the 34th of 49 laps to win the Bahrain Grand Prix.
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Ferrari reshuffles staff in reaction to Abu Dhabi blunder

Ferrari has replaced its head of engineering Chris Dyer with ex-McLaren designer Pat Fry, as it reacts to the tactical blunder that cost Fernando Alonso a stab at the drivers' title in Abu Dhabi
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F1-Live.com Ferrari renews threat of breakaway...

Ferrari president Luca di Montezemolo has warned that F1 teams are still considering a breakaway series if they do not get a bigger cut of the sport's profits in the next...
12/17/10
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F1 Fanatic 2011 Ferrari F150 and 2010 Ferrari...

Last year's Ferrari won five races and nearly took Fernando Alonso to the championship. How does the new F150 compare?
01/28/11
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F1 Fanatic Ferrari F150 launch – first...

Ferrari have launched their 2011 F1 car - the F150 - at their base in Maranello.
01/28/11
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F1-Live.com Ferrari unveils its 2011 car

Ferrari has launched its 2011 car, the F150, at its base in Maranello, Italy
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F1 Fanatic Michael Schumacher vs Alain Prost |...

Michael Schumacher and Alain Prost won more races than anyone else. That’s 142 Grand Prix victories between the two of them. Of the 839 races that have counted towards the...
01/29/11
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Telegraph.co.uk Ferrari driver attacks Fiat owner

A Ferrari driver has attacked the owner of a Fiat 600 that failed to give way to him as he tried to overtake it on an Italian motorway.
01/02/11
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Alonso wins GP opener as Ferrari goes 1-2

Fernando Alonso won the Bahrain Grand Prix in his first race for Ferrari, leading a 1-2 for the Italian team at Formula One's season-opening race Sunday.
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Fernando Alonso win delights Ferrari

• Spaniard leads Felipe Massa in team 1-2 on debut• Sebastian Vettel loses out to exhaust problemA sweeping one-two victory for the Ferraris of Fernando Alonso and Felipe Massa in the Bahrain grand prix could not obscure the overall dullness of a contest in which, for the first time since 1993, the drivers were not allowed to refuel their cars. A processional race was brought to life only when the Red Bull-Renault of Sebastian Vettel, a convincing leader for the first hour, developed an exhaust problem which reduced the power from his engine, allowing the Italian cars to pass and relegating the young German driver to an eventual fourth place behind the McLaren-Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton.Even the new lightning-fast pit stops to change tyres failed to add to the excitement, partly because they were too brief to provoke much in the way of incident. Most of the drivers made only one mid-race stop and spent most of the time on their radios, talking to their race engineers about the best way to achieve a safe balance between tyre wear and fuel consumption.Add the unwelcome addition of fiddly new corners which turn the Sakhir circuit into a giant go-kart track and this was the recipe for an unsatisfactory start to the most eagerly anticipated season for years. Apart from the Scuderia Ferrari, overjoyed by their success after the travails of 2009, the team gaining most pleasure from their afternoon's work were probably Lotus, rewarded for their Malaysian-backed efforts to revive a famous name by having their two cars classified as finishers, albeit at the tail of the field in 15th and 17th places. The other new low-budget teams, Hispania and Virgin, saw their cars retire.For the McLarens, which finished third and seventh in the hands of Hamilton and Jenson Button, and the new Mercedes outfit, for which Nico Rosberg and Michael Schumacher finished fifth and sixth, there will be some head-scratching among the engineers after their failure to match the leaders' pace. Hamilton found encouragement in his podium place but Button was unable to get past Schumacher over the last 15 laps which he spent on the tail of the seven-times champion.Nothing, however, could dim the excitement in the Ferrari pit, where a new regime came under severe criticism after suffering disaster after disaster last season. Following the example set so successfully 12 months earlier by their former technical director Ross Brawn, they abandoned last year's hopeless car midway through the season and concentrated their efforts on preparing for 2010. Today their new F10 showed the kind of reliability that underpinned five of Schumacher's championships and enough speed to be in the right place when Vettel faltered and the Red Bull's 4sec cushion started to shrink.For Alonso, watched from the grandstand by the King of Spain, this was the best possible start to his career with his new team, making him the sixth driver – after Juan Manuel Fangio, Giancarlo Baghetti, Mario Andretti, Nigel Mansell and Kimi Raikkonen – to win his maiden race for Ferrari. Starting from the third slot on the grid, behind Vettel and Massa, he slipped past his team-mate between turns one and two on the opening lap and was in position to take advantage of the pole man's misfortune with 15 laps to go."It's even more special because of the history of the team and the expectations of those who drive for this team," he declared, articulating a sentiment guaranteed to endear him to the numberless fans of the Scuderia around the world. "The guys here at the track and back at the factory in Maranello worked day and night to make this car and we've arrived here very well prepared."There was an extra surge of emotion inside and outside the cockpit of the second Ferrari as Massa crossed the line 16sec behind his team-mate on his return to racing after the accident that almost took his life in Hungary last July. "It's fantastic to be here," the little Brazilian said. "I didn't get a good start and lost a position to Fernando but the race was great and the car was perfect."The day's biggest disappointment was endured by Vettel, whose pole position had been achieved with a lap that won praise from his rivals. "It seems something broke," he said, "but luckily we could continue and finish fourth, but we should have won today. It was positive all weekend, except for the exhaust failure."What became clear today was that Formula One is the new Premier League, with a Big Four whose cars finished in the top eight positions followed by a group of worthy midfield runners (Force India, Renault, Williams and Sauber are the equivalents of Spurs, Aston Villa, Manchester City and Everton) and a sweaty bunch of relegation contenders. Despite spinning his Force India on the opening lap while blinded by a cloud of oil smoke from Mark Webber's Red Bull, Adrian Sutil looked the most likely to disturb the established order.The last time Ferrari opened a series with a 1-2 win was with Schumacher and Rubens Barrichello in Australia in 2004, prefacing the most crushing of the German's championship seasons. Vettel will win races this season and so will Massa and Hamilton but the intelligent and consistent Alonso, with 25 points to his name under the new scoring system against Massa's 18 and Hamilton's 15, must be feeling optimistic about the prospect of a third title.Formula OneFerrariMotor sportRichard Williamsguardian.co.uk © Guardian News & Media Limited 2010 | Use of this content is subject to our Terms & Conditions | More Feeds
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The New York Times Wheels: Rare Ferrari FXX Evoluzione...

The hypercar, along with a Maserati MC 12, a Lamborghini Gallardo and other Italian exotics, once belonged to Manhattan real-estate magnate Benny Caiola.
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F1-Live.com Ferrari set for launch in last week...

Ferrari has confirmed that development of its 2011 car is on track and that it will launch it in the last week of January, ahead of the first pre-season test on February 1
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F1-Live.com Ferrari confident of aero gains to...

Ferrari has restructured its aerodynamics department and upgraded its wind tunnel in a bid to close the gap to Red Bull in 2011
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F1-Live.com Ferrari changes car name to 'F150th...

Ferrari appears to have changed the name of its 2011 Formula One car to the F150th Italia
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F1-Live.com Ferrari responds to Ford's plans to...

Ferrari has moved to clarify the confusion over the name of its 2011 Formula One car by stating that it has always been called the F150th Italia and the widely-used F150...
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F1-Live.com Ford suing Ferrari over F150 name

Ford is suing Ferrari over the use of the F150 name on its latest Formula One car
02/10/11
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The Wall Street Journal Ferrari Seeks to End Trademark Dispute

Italy's Ferrari said it would refer to a new Formula One race car by its full name after Ford Motor complained its use of F150 violated the Detroit auto maker's F-150 pickup...
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